Important OCS Update

[00Bull]

Just now, Grateful Dad said:

I don't remember anymore...are we a football program with an academics problem or are we an academic institution with a football problem?

Yes and yes?

[Grateful Dad]

Just now, 00Bull said:

Yes and yes?

I would choose B.  Getting us to Preeminence and AAU doesn't qualify an administrator as a failure. I think it makes them good at their job.

I love football as much as the next person but saying that an academic institution should pull its resources from academics to put into its football program is to misunderstand the primary mission.

We may have one or two football players who go on to the NFL and benefit from doing that.  But there will be thousands who will benefit from investing in academics after they get their (increasingly valuable) degree.

Looking back, if I couldn't develop both, then I would do what was done.  Elevate this university fifty spots in the USN&W report.  Then, focus on sports.

Football has provided me with entertainment.  Academics provided me a way to recover from a disability and get back into the workforce to support my family so I could afford to watch USF play football.

[Bull Matrix]

With today projected to be the day regarding the final approval to begin OCS construction, I figured i should bump this thread back up 

[Bryson W]

12 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

With today projected to be the day regarding the final approval to begin OCS construction, I figured i should bump this thread back up 

When would construction start if approved?

[Brad]

16 minutes ago, Bull Matrix said:

With today projected to be the day regarding the final approval to begin OCS construction, I figured i should bump this thread back up 

Exactly two years to the day Will Weatherford spilled the beans at the IPF ceremony!

[hm101]

If we get bog approval today, my vote would be to show initial renderings at either home opener tomorrow or Bama game. 

[TallyBull]

44 minutes ago, Bryson W said:

When would construction start if approved?

The docs on the BOG website say construction would start in October 2023. But I wouldn't get too excited - things probably won't start going vertical until next year.

[79 Bull]

BOG documents for today's meeting are here in one place.  Hope Chair Lamb can bring this home!

Board of Governors - Committee Meetings and Full Board - State University System of Florida

WWW.FLBOG.EDU

 

[TallyBull]

4 minutes ago, hm101 said:

If we get bog approval today, my vote would be to show initial renderings at either home opener tomorrow or Bama game. 

Good idea. It would be smart to first reveal the renderings on the jumbotron at one of the football games that is otherwise likely to see low attendance (Rice?), to see if we can't pump up our numbers some.

[Brad]